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The interplay between relativistic gravitational, centrifugal and electric forces: a simple example

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We show that some striking properties of the circular motion of charged, ultrarelativistic particles close to the circular photon orbit around a charged black hole (found by Balek, Bičák and Stuchlík) can be easily understood in terms of the centrifugal force vanishing at the circular photon orbit. We also comment briefly on a possible non-uniqueness of the recently-proposed operational definition of the centrifugal force in static spacetimes.

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  1. Jiří Bičák

    Present address: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia

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  1. Nordita, Nordisk Institut for Teoretisk Fysik, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100, København, Denmark

    Marek A. Abramowicz & Jiří Bičák

  2. SISSA and International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

    Marek A. Abramowicz

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Abramowicz, M.A., Bičák, J. The interplay between relativistic gravitational, centrifugal and electric forces: a simple example. Gen Relat Gravit 23, 941–946 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756913

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